All of this comes days after federal jurors in Denver found a former radio host, David Mueller, assaulted and battered Swift during a meet-and-greet in 2013. And all of this also comes as the three-year anniversary of 1989, her last studio album, approaches in October.

Perhaps more significantly: Aug. 18 is three years on the nose that Swift dropped Shake It Off and announced 1989 was on the way back in 2014.